cs_router – Manages routers on Apache CloudStack based clouds

Synopsis

  • Start, restart, stop and destroy routers.
  • state=present is not able to create routers, use cs_network instead.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6
  • cs >= 0.6.10

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
account
string
Account the router is related to.
api_http_method
string
    Choices:
  • get
  • post
HTTP method used to query the API endpoint.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_METHOD env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
Fallback value is get if not specified.
api_key
string
API key of the CloudStack API.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_KEY env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
api_region
string
Default:
"cloudstack"
Name of the ini section in the cloustack.ini file.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_REGION env variable is considered.
api_secret
string
Secret key of the CloudStack API.
If not set, the CLOUDSTACK_SECRET env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
api_timeout
integer
HTTP timeout in seconds.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
Fallback value is 10 seconds if not specified.
api_url
string
URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
domain
string
Domain the router is related to.
name
string / required
Name of the router.
poll_async
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Poll async jobs until job has finished.
project
string
Name of the project the router is related to.
service_offering
string
Name or id of the service offering of the router.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • started
  • stopped
  • restarted
State of the router.
zone
string
added in 2.4
Name of the zone the router is deployed in.
If not set, all zones are used.

Notes

Note

  • Ansible uses the cs library’s configuration method if credentials are not provided by the arguments api_url, api_key, api_secret. Configuration is read from several locations, in the following order. The CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT, CLOUDSTACK_KEY, CLOUDSTACK_SECRET and CLOUDSTACK_METHOD. CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT environment variables. A CLOUDSTACK_CONFIG environment variable pointing to an .ini file. A cloudstack.ini file in the current working directory. A .cloudstack.ini file in the users home directory. Optionally multiple credentials and endpoints can be specified using ini sections in cloudstack.ini. Use the argument api_region to select the section name, default section is cloudstack. See https://github.com/exoscale/cs for more information.
  • A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.
  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

# Ensure the router has the desired service offering, no matter if
# the router is running or not.
- name: Present router
  cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    service_offering: System Offering for Software Router
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Ensure started
  cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    state: started
  delegate_to: localhost

# Ensure started with desired service offering.
# If the service offerings changes, router will be rebooted.
- name: Ensure started with desired service offering
  cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    service_offering: System Offering for Software Router
    state: started
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Ensure stopped
  cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    state: stopped
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove a router
  cs_router:
    name: r-40-VM
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
account
string
success
Account the router is related to.

Sample:
admin
created
string
success
Date of the router was created.

Sample:
2014-12-01T14:57:57+0100
domain
string
success
Domain the router is related to.

Sample:
ROOT
id
string
success
UUID of the router.

Sample:
04589590-ac63-4ffc-93f5-b698b8ac38b6
name
string
success
Name of the router.

Sample:
r-40-VM
redundant_state
string
success
Redundant state of the router.

Sample:
UNKNOWN
requires_upgrade
boolean
success
Whether the router needs to be upgraded to the new template.
role
string
success
Role of the router.

Sample:
VIRTUAL_ROUTER
service_offering
string
success
Name of the service offering the router has.

Sample:
System Offering For Software Router
state
string
success
State of the router.

Sample:
Active
template_version
string
success
Version of the system VM template.

Sample:
4.5.1
zone
string
success
Name of zone the router is in.

Sample:
ch-gva-2


Status

Authors

  • René Moser (@resmo)

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